One of my very favorite parts of homeschooling is having the freedom to embrace changes as they come and go in the life of my family.
Almost as soon as I posted about the curriculum I had chosen for Kai's first official year of preschool, a change started brewing. Maybe it happened in my brain or maybe in my heart, though I'd say it was probably a combination of the two. But really where it began is irrelevant because it happened. So there I was, now sitting on the brink of change, watching as it stared blankly back at me.
I was no longer confident that the path we were heading down was as perfect of a fit as I once believed it was. And though it was a good road, My vision for what our homeschool should look like was evolving. Suddenly and drastically.
So, I canceled my orders and made new ones and then chuckled to myself over the peace brought on by my certainty.
So what is different? What are you using instead, you ask? Well, I traded in text books and curriculum guides for a pink tower and the wisdom of an Italian physician and educator who lived over 100 years ago. Her name was Maria Montessori and she was astoundingly ahead of her time.
She believed in following the lead of the child, fostering the life long love of learning, and respected the full grown soul present in the tiny bodies in front of her. She understood the frustration caused by living in a child size world and worked to create an environment devoted to helping children explore and discover the many aspects of the life around them.
She basically was awesome in the form of a woman.
So that is where my heart now sits. Montessori at home. In my home.
I will continue to update and post as often as I can. I am so excited for this new season of my families' life. If Montessori is a completely new topic for you and you have small children, I urge you to do a tiny bit of research. It really will blow you away. 
